Monday, April 11, 2005

[Schools] EPA's Office of Water Launches New Web Pages for Kids EPA's Office of Water has added to its website new pages designed just for children, featuring a new mascot-like character called "Thirstin." The new pages contain games, activities and narrated/animated classroom experiments. Some of the activities include an animated water cycle, word scramble, word search, water trivia and "Thirstin's Wacky Water Adventure." Teachers and students can work online or download some of the information for classroom use. The new pages are located at http://www.epa.gov/safewater/kids/index.html. 3:18:01 PM Google It!    [Recycling] 'Harry Potter' Publisher Pledges U.K. Print Run on Recycled Paper J.K. Rowling's publisher Bloomsbury that the upcoming Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince will be printed on 30% Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified paper. This will make it the first best-selling book in the U.K. to be printed on such paper stock. [Source: GreenBiz.com] 3:16:22 PM Google It!    [Green building] A Spike in Green Building That's what's going on in New York City, according to this New York Post article. The article goes on to describe a number of green developments (both new building and renovations) in the city, and provide a nice overview of various green building concepts for the newbie. By noemail@noemail.org (Jeff McIntire-Strasburg). [sustainablog] 2:49:00 PM Google It!    [Green building] Design Firms Try Greening Up How many gallons of gas does it take for environmentally conscious architects and interior designers to drive to a green building project? [ENN Business Headlines] 2:33:27 PM Google It!    [Science and environment] EarthNews Radio: PBS's "Journey to Planet Earth" PBS is continuing to air a number of programs about science and the environment this month, including "Journey to Planet Earth." [ENN Business Headlines] 2:32:55 PM Google It!    [Energy use] Energy Management and Shareholder Value In the wake of growing concern in the corporate set about energy prices, climate change, and shareholder activism, my GreenBiz.com team this week will publish a timely briefing paper: Energy Management and Shareholder Value. [Joel Makower: Two Steps Forward] 2:17:52 PM Google It!    [Health risk assessment] EPA's Guidelines for Carcinogen Risk Assessment Available This Notice announces the availability of the final document, Guidelines for Carcinogen Risk Assessment. The Guidelines provide a framework to EPA scientists for assessing possible cancer risks from exposures to pollutants or other agents in the environment. They will also inform Agency decision makers and the public about these recommended procedures. Revisions to the Cancer Guidelines are intended to make greater use of the increasing scientific understanding of processes of cancer development. Major issues considered in finalizing revisions to the Cancer Guidelines were beginning with an analysis of available information, and invoking defaults if needed to address uncertainty or the absence of critical information; emphasizing key events and processes, starting with the interaction of an agent with a cell, through functional and anatomical changes, that may result in adverse health consequences ("modes of action"); considering that certain subpopulations, and childhood and other lifestages, may be associated with higher susceptibilities to risk; and summarizing the full range of available evidence and describing any conditions associated with conclusions about an agent's hazard potential using a weight-of-evidence narrative and accompanying descriptors. These Guidelines were developed as part of an Agency-wide guidelines development program by a Technical Panel of the U.S. EPA's Risk Assessment Forum, which was composed of scientists from throughout the Agency. Selected drafts were peer reviewed internally by the U.S. EPA's Science Advisory Board, and by experts from universities, environmental groups, industry and other governmental agencies. The Guidelines were also subjected to several public comment periods. Issuance of these final Guidelines fulfills EPA's obligations under section 112(o) (7) of the Clean Air Act. For further information, go to http://www.epa.gov/cancerguidelines, or contact Dr. William P. Wood, Risk Assessment Forum, National Center for Environmental Assessment (8601D), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington DC 20460, telephone: (202) 564-3361; facsimile: (202) 565-0062; or e-mail: risk.forum@epamail.epa.gov. [ChemAlliance Environmental News] 2:10:33 PM Google It!

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